FLEMINGTON – A High Bridge woman has been indicted on multiple counts of using a young girl in her custody to produce pornography.

Lori A. Bauer, 38, was indicted on a charge of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child by producing child pornography and using a minor in her custody under the age of 16 in the production between Jan. 1, 2011, and Feb. 15, 2013, while she was living in Holland Township.

A first-degree crime carries a possible prison sentence of 10 to 20 years.

Bauer was also indicted on charges of second-degree production of child pornography, second-degree distribution of child pornography, second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree sexual assault. Each second-degree charge carries a possible five to 10-year prison sentence.

In addition she was charged with fourth-degree possession of child pornography.

Bauer, who remains in the Hunterdon County Jail in lieu of $175,000 bail, was arrested April 4 as a result of a joint investigation by the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the New York City Police Department, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns II said.

The prosecutor said that the investigation found that in 2011 Bauer produced a video of a child under the age of 13 engaged in sexual activity or simulated sexual activity.

Bauer then transmitted the videos to a third party in New York, Kearns said. That individual is facing charges in New York.

This investigation is ongoing and anyone with additional information is requested to contact the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victim’s Unit at 908-788-1129.